 Genius Meanings
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Bloc Party – The Pioneers
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Pioneers is often credited as The Pioneers on many releases.
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Bloc Party – The Pioneers (M83 Remix)
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(to try, try, try, try, cry) / (try, try, try, try, try, try, try, cry) [repeated] / Breathe in, breathe in, breathe in / Breathe in, breathe in, breathe in / (-trol) [repeated
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Bloc Party – Banquet
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“Banquet” is a punk/electro UK anthem, full of swagger and sexual tension. It was the second single off the band’s debut album, and amassed a large amount of remixes, most notably
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Bloc Party – Kreuzberg
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“Kreuzberg” is the sound of a Hoxton U2, bigger, even, than the first album’s “Pioneers,” full of drama bigness even as the lovelorn lyrics offer up tender images aplenty. “
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Bloc Party – Blue Light
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“Blue Light” is the fifth track on Silent Alarm and is an overall quieter track than the others on the album, although it still relies heavily on its core drums/bass/electric
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Bloc Party – Positive Tension
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Kele, the lead singer and guitarist of Bloc Party described the meaning of this song before performing it live at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in 2005:
This song is about
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Bloc Party – Helicopter
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Bloc Party’s breakthrough hit, which is speculated to be about former U.S. president George Bush. In response to the interpretations, Okereke stated that he’d actually written the
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Bloc Party – Skeleton
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[Verse 1] / All my thoughts are of ice / All my thoughts are of ice / All my bones are so tired / All my bones are so tired / So young and so handsome / So easily led / They told
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Bloc Party – Like Eating Glass
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[Verse 1] / It's so cold in this house / Open mouth swallowing us / The children sent home from school / Will not stop crying / And I know that you're busy, do I know that you care
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Bloc Party – Price of Gas
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The sociopolitical context of Silent Alarm is key to understanding songs like “Price of Gas”. It was written and released in the early years of the Iraq War, which began in 2003
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Bloc Party – So Here We Are
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According to Kele Okereke, “This song’s about the way people say they feel when they’re taking ecstacy. A song about that moment of purity and real clearness and the search to get
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Bloc Party – Two More Years
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Single released between the albums Silent Alarm and A Weekend in the City, and later included as a bonus track on a re-issued version of Silent Alarm. The song reached #7 on the UK
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Tunng – The Pioneers
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[Verse 1] / If it can be broke then it can be fixed / It if can be fused then it can be split / It's all under control, it's all under control / It's all under control, it's all
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Bloc Party – Compliments
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Kele: “This song’s about the crushing power of routine.”
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Bloc Party – Tulips (Minotaur Shock Remix)
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When you said tulips / I knew that you're mine / When I caught you there / Crying in the night / Wearing my jacket / Wearing that smile / I knew that I'd found you / Were you
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Bloc Party – Every Time Is the Last Time
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This instrumental track can be found in the pre-gap (track 0) of the CD release in both the UK and the US.
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Bloc Party – She’s Hearing Voices (Album Version)
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[Intro] / Hey, hey, hey, hey / Hey, hey, hey, hey / Hey, hey, hey, hey / Hey, hey, hey, hey / [Verse 1] / She's hearing voices, call her / She's hearing voices warn her / She just
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Bloc Party – Hero
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“Hero” is a B-side to early Bloc Party single, “Two More Years”. Its lyrics speak about how the average person can be a “hero” to someone else.
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2Pac – Old School
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2Pac pays homage to past hip-hop pioneers and reminisces over the times he and his homies were getting into rap, which was thanks to these very artists.
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URLtv (Ft. Nu Jerzey Twork & Tay Roc) – Tay Roc vs. Nu Jerzey Twork
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[Round 1: Nu Jerzey Twork] / I SHOOK HIS PRIDE! / Like, "Twork comin'. Nigga look alive." / He died with his eyes wide open, the nigga look alive / We finally got this locked
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Just-Ice (Rap) – Going Way Back
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After parting ways with producer Kurtis Mantronik, Just Ice joined forces with KRS One (fresh from the success of Criminal Minded) to create this first person account of Hip Hop
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Playboi Carti (Ft. Lil Uzi Vert) – wokeuplikethis*
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“wokeuplikethis*” is a direct confrontation to imitators of Playboi Carti and Lil Uzi Vert’s distinct and unique style. The track features the classic hip-hop tropes of money
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22Gz – Suburban, Pt. 2
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[Intro] / (Ghosty) / Catch one of y'all niggas slipping out here, nigga / It's gon' be murder, nigga, word to my mama, nigga / Hoodie on, mask on, strap drawn, tried to run, he ain
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Ultramagnetic MC's – Bust the Facts
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Bust the Facts is a superb evocation of the block party era with Keith imagining he’d been a performer not just an attendee, he introduces himself as “the best emcee in the world
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Wu-Tang Clan – Da Mystery of Chessboxin'
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The B-Side to Wu-Tang’s classic “C.R.E.A.M”, “Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'” featured the two lesser known members of the Clan, U-God and Masta Killa.
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Britney Spears – Toxic
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[Verse 1] / Baby, can't you see I'm callin'? / A guy like you should wear a warnin' / It's dangerous, I'm fallin' / There's no escape, I can't wait / I need a hit, baby, give me it
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LCD Soundsystem – new body rhumba
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While this song was written for Noah Baumbach’s film White Noise, it is not included in the film’s official soundtrack, which highlights Danny Elfman’s score. The song plays over
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